August 2026 Fine Art & Estate Auction
Lot 28:
Sold for: $260
Description
Item/Description: Signed silver gelatin print of a "Light Drawing" photograph, flush-mounted to board. Signed and dated lower right: Barbara Morgan – 1940. Hand titled, signed, and dated en verso: "Cadenza – 1940 (Light Drawing) / Barbara Morgan / Archivally Printed – 1979 / B.B.M." With artist’s stamp. Handwritten on backing: "For Augusta and June / (in July) / (and I’m not telling a lie) / Love Barbara Morgan / July 26, 1979".
Barbara Morgan (1900-1992) was an American photographer who experimented with pictures of light sources in motion. She was a co-founder of the photography magazine Aperture.
Material: Silver Gelatin Photographic Print
Dimensions: Height: 15"; Width: 13". Unframed.
Condition: Signs of age and wear include surface scratches, scuffing, loss to edges.
Age: 1979
Provenance: Private Estate
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